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Good Posture Is Essential To Good Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Stephen A. Shaffer
Stephen A. Shaffer*
Affiliation:
MicroDataware

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Let's face it. Looking through a microscope is not what our bodies were built for, and looking through a microscope for an extended period of time requires an unnatural rigidity of the body. You're not moving around, even a bit, as you normally would. The result can be cramped muscles, especially in the neck and shoulders, and a whole body fatigue Hi at can make 10:00 AM feel like 5:03 PM. The solution is correct posture and a proper arrangement of microscope, chair, and body.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 6 , Issue 9 , November 1998 , pp. 26 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1998

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* Ed. note: Several microscope manufacturers now have available oculars that are, or can be positioned, at 90° to the body of the microscope. That it, horizontal, so the user can look straight-ahead to see into the oculars, and does not have to look down into them. This is an ergonomically better design.